animal rights

Mexico’s supreme court rules in favor of Ely, a depressed elephant at a zoo

Justice

Ely is known as “the sad elephant.” She’s been depressed since she was rescued from abusive conditions at a circus years ago. Now, there are efforts underway to improve her conditions at a Mexican zoo after the country’s high court ruled in her favor.

A scene from the movie "Okja," featuring the title creature — a humongous pet pig.

A Netflix animal rights movie came at a strange time for South Korea

Culture
For the Jewish ritual of Kaparot, a person's sins are symbolically transferred to a chicken, and then the chicken is slaughtered.

My sins are cleared for the year, but the chicken wasn’t so lucky

Religion

Social posts from Jihadi fighters make the war in Syria sound almost fun

Global Scan

Can Obama scare the NSA back into line?

Global Scan